Lancement du livre: « La budgétisation sensible au genre comme outil de réduction de la pauvreté » Fonds de développement pour les femmes africaines (Rapport Annuel ) en partenariat avec la Fondation Africaine pour le Renforcement des Capacités (ACBF) a le plaisir d'annoncer le lancement d'un livre de recherche "Gender Budgeting As A Tool For Poverty Reduction"

Le Fonds Africain pour le Developpement de la Femme (Rapport Annuel ) is a fundraising and grant-making initiative, which aims to support the work of the African Women’s movement.The vision of the AWDF is for African women to live in a world in which there is social justice, égalité et respect des droits humains des femmes.

Les lesbiennes ont toujours été présentes dans divers mouvements de la société civile, avec des organisations d'hommes gais, dans les groupes féministes, ainsi que dans le domaine artistique et dans la lutte pour la décolonisation et l'indépendance de leur pays. Au cours des dernières décennies, les lesbiennes ont été présentes dans la lutte pour l'égalité des droits des femmes de couleur, femmes aborigènes, et […]

AWDF related News and Press release

Dear Friends, Today, Septembre 8 is the International Literacy Day. The 43rd to be celebrated since it was initiated by UNESCO in 1965. Its aim is to highlight the

Solidaire: Déclaration des féministes sud-africaines – Caster Semenya and Gender Discrimination – the ‘elephant in the room’ We write in response to the controversy surrounding the 800 M Champion du monde des femmes, Caster Semenya et la rafale d'articles entourant cette triste saga. Some of those championing Caster’s cause accuse those wanting to […]

Solidaire: Déclaration de soutien à Mary Robinson, Presidential Medal of Honor Awardee The African Women’s Development Fund(Rapport Annuel )supports the nomination of former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson for the [United States of America’s]Presidential Medal of Freedom. Mary Robinson has been a longtime friend and supporter of the African Women’s Development Fund. She […]

Did Obama say anything we did not already know? I thought I had heard all about the Obama speech (I have said on several occasions that he did not say anything I did not know) until recently when I heard two well educated and learned professionals discussing some of the ills in our society. They […]

Pleins feux sur les bénéficiaires: Rural Women’s Movement in Swaziland An email update sent to Nafi Chinery, AWDF’s Capacity Building Officer: Feedback from Rural Women’s Movement (RWM), an AWDF grantee in Swaziland on their experiences at the recent International Resource Mobilisation Workshop (Iwrm) held in Bangalore, Inde. AWDF supported RWM and 4 other grantees to attend the IWRM. […]

Solidaire: African Women and Human Rights Organisations across Africa Women across Africa are appalled by the decision to try a Sudanese woman journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein and two others for violating the public dress code. African women and human rights organizations urged the court to dismiss the charges and abolish this repressive law against […]